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All the United States North Carolina Beaufort

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Beaufort

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Beaufort, North Carolina

Updated July 1, 2013

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Sunset Old Burying Ground

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Old Burying Ground

Burial site more than 300 years old.

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North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.
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Bob’s Sinkhole

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Bob's Sinkhole

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.
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7 Cool, Creepy, and Unusual Graves Found in North Carolina

Every state in the union has graves, and their share of unusual burials or cemeteries, but there's something about the Tarheel State's final resting places that carry a sense of history and mystery, from long-forgotten graveyards, to eternal resting places for conjoined twins, to a politician that had himself buried inside a giant boulder.

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